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Our HVAC engineering consultants will tackle and solve any HVAC plant mounting challenge you’ve got, and reduce your risk by designing and supplying creative, simple and robust solutions. Because that’s all we do. Every day of the Week.
From our manufacturing base in New Zealand, Taranaki our systems are custom assembled for you from marine-grade aluminium for superior performance in hard-to-reach locations. Tailor-made or off-the-shelf all our products are made to our very own exacting standards.
Plus we’ll bring you the very best of our own ideas – like our non-penetrating famous ‘Monkeytoe’ clip developed as part of our goal to always strive for improvement and to make things better.
We’ll design, manufacture and ship our systems anywhere in Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Ready to be installed by your chosen installation team.
Our complete, robust design to supply service is created for your peace of mind, no matter what your job requires we’ve got it covered.
Let us guide you through the design, consent, specifications, budgeting and full compliance of your project. We bring efficient and transparent project management, better design, better materials, better systems, and better deliveries. Everything better.
Ambitious with a culture of innovation, we have a highly skilled team across all areas of our business and believe you’ll value our insight. It’s our core strength – always on the lookout for better ideas and better ways to do things.
We treat your building or project as preciously as if it were our own. We own challenges and deliver will deliver your project to the highest standard.
We challenge the status quo, we look for better ways to do things and oppurtunites to make ‘everything better’. Thinking beyond the now to stay top of game and ahead of the curve.
We’re open, honest and respectful of everybody’s ideas. Great communication between the entire team is vital to keep things running smoothly. And it’s all about doing a better job.
We’re open, honest and respectful of everybody’s ideas. Great communication between the entire team is vital to keep things running smoothly. And it’s all about doing a better job.
Monkeytoe is founded on perseverance, innovation, and challenging of the status quo.
15 years of HVAC plant mounting and custom access backed with an equal number of years engineering, has seen Monkeytoe grow into a full solution provider…design, manufacture, installation.
Operations in Australia for the last few years have bought with it the years of expertise and industry knowledge, making it an extension of an already solid solution provider.
Monkeytoe is officially registered – the first raised walkway and platforms full solution provider (design, manufacture, install)
We introduced our very own louvre screening to the market. The perfect addition to our plant platforms.
Monkeytoe came out with our fresh new brand and website
Monkeytoe launched our own custom-brewed Ginger Beer as a gift to our valued clients
Operations officially began at our Melbourne office. The manufacture of products/systems for install.
We introduced our very own acoustic screening to the market. The perfect addition to our plant platforms.
Monkeytoe launched our own custom-brewed Lemon-aid as a gift to our valued clients.
Monkeytoe launched the first lightweight aluminium|carbon fibre structural beam on the market.
Monkeytoe top fixing roofing clips have specially fabricated jack stud which is threaded into the roofing clip then sits on the purlin below. The jack stud is then tek screwed onto the purlin and the Monkeytoe clip screws down the outside of the stud until it is sealed onto the roofing profile. Using this unique Monkey Toe fixing, all loads are transferred to the building structure – not the roofing product.
Generally you will see a nail or tek screw line in a top fixed profile.
Generally when the platforms is closer to the edge of a roof than 2000mm and when raised more than 300mm above that of an adjacent platform or the Roof.
The standard units are 0-80kg, HD are 80-150kg and the super HDs can support up to 300-500kg depending on the roof pitch and the actual physical dimensions [please ask the MKT consultants for a special design].
The following detail is required:
A Mesh Platform provides the service personnel a service area, further enhancing the protection of your roof. It means the servicemen are working on the same level as the mechanical units, making it easier to service. It is also safer as they are working on a level area rather than standing on the slope of the roof.
Generally, the platform induced lateral loads can be transferred to braced walls/portal frames/shear walls through roof diaphragm actions by the roof sheeting or other forms of diaphragms such as plywood. In the case where the diaphragm is absent or inadequate, the lateral load transfer can be achieved through axial tension/compression actions of the purlin in the along direction and through out of plane bending and shear in the across direction. In this case the client’s structural engineer is required to carry out this check. Monkey Toe can assist with this if required.
Monkeytoe products are designed for the long-haul with most of our structural components having a lifetime warranty of 25 years. All our products are designed for long life in harsh rooftop coastal environments. Aluminium is a highly durable with some aluminium products like statues lasting more than 100 years. Some of our products have a shorter warranty such as Hushmonkey which has a 10-year warranty, this has a replaceable insert which can be easily replaced as required.
At Monkeytoe we regularly provide custom designs for stairs, this is vital to keep the steps all at an even height. Because the steps must be even to prevent embarrassing faceplants(provide link) a small height change of 20 mm will mean a different stair design this means a site measure should always be done before final design and manufacture. Our consultants can provide you with 3D models and drawings of our standard stair systems for most applications with single flights, these can normally be provided the same day. All stair designs come with handrails to ensure they comply with regulations. For large or custom applications, a custom design is recommended see here.
For standalone handrail systems we can provide standard drawings and for large custom jobs a custom design is available
To get the correct size/length upright for the condenser mount you will need to know the purlin spacing and the roof pitch, for more information about this please see here(link to choosing cond mount). Once you have these details you can use the below chart to confirm the length needed. The standard lengths available are 150 mm, 300 mm, and 600 mm.
Typically, our bridges are designed for loads from 2.5Kpa – up to 5Kpa this means for every square meter the bridge must withstand 250 kg (for 2.5Kpa) to 500 kg (for 5Kpa) for the entire surface area. For each increase in loading requirement there is an increase in the size, cost, and materials of the bridge. The loading recommendation will depend on the access and typical use, for instance a walking bridge on private property will not have the same load requirements as one on a busy public park. For areas open to public access in metro areas or on highways typically require a 5kpa rating.
We currently don’t have a pre-engineered solutions for mounting harness points to our standard walkways products, however if do have an application that requires this we can provide custom engineered solutions as required.
We currently don’t have any positions open. Check back soon.
Supporting our community is at the heart of Monkeytoe, and here are some of the organisations we support:
